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specialization and one of the objectives of Camp Abilities Alaska is
for counselors to walk away with experience that will prepare them
with the knowledge to adapt instruction for children with this low
incidence disability. The following paragraphs portray one particular
first-hand experience of a counselor who has continued to volunteer
at Camp Abilities Alaska and other Camp Abilities programs for a
number of years.
My (third author) first experience as a counselor was in 2010
during the first year of Camp Abilities Connecticut when I was a
High School junior. This camp followed a slightly different model
(than Camp Abilities Alaska), giving me the opportunity to work with
three children who had multiple disabilities including Autism
Spectrum Disorder and Tourette's Syndrome, in addition to various
forms of visual impairments. The tremendous improvement my kids
made during this week really made me feel as if I had made an
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